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ENG 303 Advanced Composition (3cr.)
Emphasizes the principles of style and rhetoric underlying various expository forms. Attention is given to developing critical thinking, improving written expression, and synthesizing research materials. Attention is also given to English knowledge, skills, and processes as defined in the Virginia Standards of Learning—prerequisites: ENG 101 and HUM 102, HUM 225, and HUM 226.
ENG 304 Creative Writing (3cr.)
Allows students to study and/or compose various forms, including poetry, dialogue, dramatic scenes, radio plays, pantomimes, prose fiction, essays, and other literary genres. Publication of a literary magazine is the aim of the semester’s work.
ENG 453 Rhetorical Criticism (3cr.)
Provides students with critical tools for examining various forms of rhetoric, including speeches, arguments, editorials, advertisements, propaganda, news reports, and other non-fiction works. The course will also survey the art of rhetoric from the Classical Period to the 20th century, paying particular attention to the major critical studies of rhetoric published over the past 30 years.
Emphasizes the principles of style and rhetoric underlying various expository forms. Attention is given to developing critical thinking, improving written expression, and synthesizing research materials. Attention is also given to English knowledge, skills, and processes as defined in the Virginia Standards of Learning—prerequisites: ENG 101 and HUM 102, HUM 225, and HUM 226.
ENG 304 Creative Writing (3cr.)
Allows students to study and/or compose various forms, including poetry, dialogue, dramatic scenes, radio plays, pantomimes, prose fiction, essays, and other literary genres. Publication of a literary magazine is the aim of the semester’s work.
ENG 453 Rhetorical Criticism (3cr.)
Provides students with critical tools for examining various forms of rhetoric, including speeches, arguments, editorials, advertisements, propaganda, news reports, and other non-fiction works. The course will also survey the art of rhetoric from the Classical Period to the 20th century, paying particular attention to the major critical studies of rhetoric published over the past 30 years.